I went to the Job Club last night and the topic was about improving your resume. Everything that was said made sense, but as I sit and look at what I’ve done over the last ten years of my life I have no idea where to start.
The format I’d been using seems to be obsolete. There’s no need to put on there that I graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2000. Or what my BBA concentration was. I’m supposed to use words like “expertise”, and explain how I single-handedly improved my past employer’s establishments. There’s something called “Core Competencies” that I’m supposed to list, but I have no idea what those are for someone that’s been a missionary for the last seven years. I’m not even bothering to add “Professional Accomplishments” because I can’t think of any. I’m supposed to sell myself, but I don’t want to … I just want God to open a door so that I can walk through it and impact the lives of the people I work with and serve.
I was sitting in that room last night at church, looking over the resumes of the other people in the club who have been in their industries for 10+ years who can list all kinds of things that employers may be looking for … wondering how I’m supposed to word what God’s done through this missionary life I’ve led. Most people assume that I have some sort of edge because I’m globally minded, have lived and served abroad, and adapted to a life and culture not my own. I’m not so sure.
It would be so easy to just buy a plane ticket to Argentina right now, and say that I’m going to spend a year becoming fluent in Spanish.
But, I continue to wait. God said this was the next step … that He was going to open a door that no man can shut … that the place that He causes me to walk in will make all of the experiences I’ve had (SCI, YWAM, Africa, etc.) all make sense. I sure do wish He would bring it on already. Walking blind is beginning to take its toll again, and I’m crying out for a bit of mud and saliva to make the world a bit clearer.
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